Comments on: Are You Better Off Now Than You Were 100 Days Ago? http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/04/29/obama-first-hundred-days-economy/ The upside of the downturn Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Target-Addict http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/04/29/obama-first-hundred-days-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 Target-Addict Fri, 01 May 2009 20:14:49 +0000 http://www.recessionwire.com/?p=4984#comment-1142 Better off? No. More stressed out and panic-ridden? Yes. But 100 days isn't long enough to measure Mr.Obama's success rate with in improving the economy. We should check back in after 1 year's time to see if we truly feel "better off" or not. Better off? No. More stressed out and panic-ridden? Yes. But 100 days isn’t long enough to measure Mr.Obama’s success rate with in improving the economy. We should check back in after 1 year’s time to see if we truly feel “better off” or not.

]]> By: Josh M http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/04/29/obama-first-hundred-days-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Josh M Fri, 01 May 2009 04:29:33 +0000 http://www.recessionwire.com/?p=4984#comment-1136 This is asking the wrong question - it's not whether we're better off today than we were 100 days ago, but whether or not we would be better off had the other guy been elected. The forces that set hundreds of thousand layoffs and mass economic upheaval into motion predated Obama, so what is relevant is whether taking all those forces as a given, the policies McCain would have enacted would have put us in a better position than we are in now. Personally, I find it hard to believe that would be the case, but it's a difficult scenario to evaluate. Either way, just thinking back to what our lives were like 100 days ago isn't the most useful exercise. This is asking the wrong question – it’s not whether we’re better off today than we were 100 days ago, but whether or not we would be better off had the other guy been elected. The forces that set hundreds of thousand layoffs and mass economic upheaval into motion predated Obama, so what is relevant is whether taking all those forces as a given, the policies McCain would have enacted would have put us in a better position than we are in now.

Personally, I find it hard to believe that would be the case, but it’s a difficult scenario to evaluate. Either way, just thinking back to what our lives were like 100 days ago isn’t the most useful exercise.

]]> By: Susan Kaye http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/04/29/obama-first-hundred-days-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1129 Susan Kaye Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:33:46 +0000 http://www.recessionwire.com/?p=4984#comment-1129 I can say yes and no. I am still working at the horrible job I have. The stock market has been up for the past 7 weeks. That is a yes. Housing market is slowly reaching the bottom. People are starting to buy because of the $8,000 for first time people buying a house. Loan modification started in March. I can say yes and no. I am still working at the horrible job I have. The stock market has been up for the past 7 weeks. That is a yes. Housing market is slowly reaching the bottom. People are starting to buy because of the $8,000 for first time people buying a house. Loan modification started in March.

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